Digital Media and Experiential Learning
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Toronto Digital media can be utilized in classrooms in many various ways. They can be used to connect people from afar, share experiences visually, and bring us to other worlds around the globe and beyond. Where I teach, digital media is utilized, and not utilized, a little differently than other classrooms. We use video content in presentations like many classrooms, often drawing from NASA content given we are affiliated with NASA. Some programs are virtual so we conduct lessons with students from other cities and countries. An interesting extension of digital media we use are images from telescopes and satellites, especially the James Webb and the Hubble. Since we are a space exploration center, images from those telescopes are important for us to learn about our universe... and beyond! For the latest images from James Webb Telescope, click here . Since we also talk about the Earth and weather in some programs, we often talk about satell
